Improvement in marine-engine governors



J. W. FOWVLE.` MARINE ENGlNE-GOVERNORS.

No. 194,037. Pax'nenne'Aug.104,187?.v i

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To `all 'whom it lmay concern Y .UNITED STATES PATENT I OFFICE JOSEPH w. FowLn, or BOSTON, MASSAOHUSHTTS, ASSIGNOH OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT To WILLIAM H. IHELANHOF SAME PLAGE.Y

IMPROVEMENT IN MARINE-Emme eovi-:RNORs;`

' June 5,1877, y

` Beit known that I, J osEPH W. FowLvE-of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and Stateof Massachusetts, have invented certain ,new y and useful Improvements in Marine-Engine Governors; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art` to which it appertains to make and i use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part j. of

this specification.

. My invention relates to improvementsin` marine-engine governors for the purpose .I of

y automatically regulating the speed of the` propeller, or other `driving-wheel, as well `as 4that of the engine, when the vessel is exposed to rough seas, in which the propelling wheel or wheels are oftentimes raised, partly or wholly, out `of the water. When this occurs I `On steam-vessels` not provided with proper automatic governors,the speed of theengine is dangerously increased if not checked Lin time by the engineer in charge, causing serious damages to both engine and drivingf.

Wheels or propeller. This my invention is designed to obviate this diculty, and, unlike most governors for this purpose,it.anticipates. the movements of the engine, and does not, i by any possible means, allow the engine to runaway with the propeller or drivingwheels when raised wholly or partially out of the water, and prevents the breaking off of the blades of the propelling wheel or wheels,

or the breaking of the shaft when the wheel or wheels .again vdescend suddenly into the` wheels .meet` with l greater `resistance the more they are submerged in. the water, so this my improved` governor will regulate automati- ,cally the slightest rise or -fall of the vessel,

`- specification forming pastor Letters Patent No. 194,031, 'dated August 14, 1871; application nieu even if the driving wheel .or wheels,` are -not raised out of the `water, at all, as only a few inches rise `or fall of the vessel will be sufficient for the proper action ofthe governor. My invention 4is constructed as. follows: A oat is movable in a suitable boX, open-in its upper and `lower ends so as to allow free access of the sea to the upper and under `sides of the oat, by which Vthe said -float will lmove in the box upward and downward, as the propeller is lowered and raised, or, more properly, the float remains stationary in the water during the rise and fall of the open-mouthed box. rlhe latter is provided inA its upper `and `lower-endswith an annular iian ge or stop, so

. as to prevent the float from ever getting entirely. out of its box, To the iioat is secured `an upwardly-projecting rod, that passes through a pipe orstuffng-box, and is jointed lin its lupper end to ak knee lever, movable around .a "fulcrunn The other Aend `of Vsaid knee-lever is jointed to a valve-rod that actuates a valve in connection with a small intermediatesteam-cylinder, the forward lend of the piston-rod of which'is jointed to the ordinary throttle-lever, or directly to the throttlevalve rodif quicker action` is desired, which The arrangement andlcombination as above described would, in many cases,be sufficient; but, to prevent a too `Sudden Vopening `and closing of the throttle-valve by the fall and rise of the float, I employ, in connection with the intermediate steam-cylinder aforesaid, a pump-cylinder, the piston-'rod of which forms an extension of the piston -rod of the former, and is movable through stuffing-boxes in the usualway. From eachend of thel said pumpcylinder' leads ai pipe to a water-tank containing water r suitable liquid, in each of which pipes is arranged a self-acting valve in such a manner that the said valves will open auto matically to let the liquid into the cylinder, but will close of their own accord twhen the liquid is forced out from the said cylinder. To allow the liquid to escape gradu'i'tlly fror'n vthe cylinder I locate around each ofthe said valves a small pipe, havin-g aI suitable valve or cutfoi, by which the exit area of theliqu'id can be eie'ctually controlled and regulated, by which the action of the piston ofthe intermediate steamcylinder is retard'ed'by theliqui'd in the pumpcylinder that is gradually forced out through' the small regulatiu g-pipe and itscut-o' around the'inletlvalves on the pipes leading to the tank or receptacle. j

The liquid in the tan'k is` used over and' over again to pass in and out ofthe pumpcylinder, and only very' little thereof is wasted by leakage and evaporation.

The accompanyingdrawing represents a longitudinal section of my invention. l j A representsthe main steam cylinder of the engine, onwhich' B is the valverchest, C: the piston-rod, D the' cross-head, E Ev the guides, Fltfhe connecting-rod', G the crank, H,

the shaft, and I the propelling-wheel, inL the usual manner.'

'J isth'e steam chest-or box, and K is the' throttle-valvetothe main cylinder A.

LI is the main steam-pipe from the' boiler to' the steamfchest. lM is the' supplylpipe'leadf ing from the throttle-valve` tothe valvelchest B, Njis'thesma'll' steam-pipe, with its valve or cnt-oft' N', leading from the main steam'- pipe'L to the supply-pipe M. VK' isthev throttlc-valve rod, jointed to the throttleleve'r 0, as shown. l

Pis a small intermediate steam-cylinder, in the usual manner, having a pistomQ', and pis;

Iton-rod Q', jointed in its forward: end to the throttle-lever 0. The cylinder P isprovidie'd with a steam-chest, `P/,vpassag'es P" P'", and; valveR, provided with the valve-rodfR', jointed in itslrear' endfto the lower portionof the kneelever S, movable around' the fulcrumi S', as shown. I

T'isa smallt supply-pipe leading from' the main pipe L to the valve-chest P', which sup# ply-pipe is plovidedv with a valve or T'a`s shown. i l y The rear end of the knee-lever Sv is jointed cutoff,

to the upper en'dfof the float-rod U", gi'1ided through a suitable tube or stuffing-box, U', and having inl its lowerend', below thewat'erline, secureda suitable. iioat, V, as shown.

rThis float is freely movable in` abox or 'recepf l tacle, W, open at top and bottom, where it'isl provided' with annular inner projections W' W", as and for'the'purposeset forth. y

a is the pn'mp-cy1inder,in which b is ther piston, and Q" the piston-rod', the latter beil ing a reariextension of the piston-rod Q', be' longing to the cylinder P and piston Q.

ce' represent Apipes leading from eachA endv of cylinder a to the tank or receptacle d.

Eachof said pipes c c' is provided with a selfclosing valve or cut-off e e', as shown.

ff' represent small pipes leading from each end of tlle'cylinder a, respectively, to the Ipipe's'c c', andin suchv a manner as to pass Earound the self-closing valves sie'. Each of the pipes ff' is provided with a suitable valve or cut-off, g g', as shown, by which theamount of escape from the cylinder" ends to the cistern or receptacle d is easily regulated, ac-

cording to the time in which it isdesired' automatically to close the throttle-valve after the float is acted upon by the rise or fall of the vessel.

The operation of this invention is as follows :A

As thev propeller rises-upward* moie'or lessi,`

the ioat V remai'nsstill till it reaches the'.

lower projection AW".of the open bok 'Wi vwhich latter moves". upward with the vessel@ :and its wheel or propeller,an d in doing s o the" rod is moved downward', by which thevr knee-lever Si's" turned .around its ulci'umS', .and -thuspushing't'he' valve R and its".1 valve'- rod R' forward', letsv the steam into the back end o'f the steam-cylinder P, by' whiclrtbe piston Q and piston-rod Q' are; moved for"-A 4ward, and, as the latter is* connected to the throttle-lever O,l it will be seen thatl thesteam i`sautomatically cnt off from the main cylinder A by the throttle-valvel K,leavi'ng" vthe cylinder A onlysu'pplied by thfe` sl'rlalllik pipev N, justV enough to keepv the propeller' in a slow motionwithout` letting it' stop oir its ceifter'.

; seat; andv thus it'willibe seen thatlthe speed f lclosin'g'the throttle-valveK islea 1y reg-irlati' ed by opening or closing the-valf'ves or-leutLo's" g g' more. orv less, as' may be desired.v 1 i When the propeller` commences-to' gddownr f ward the .reverse of they operati-on takesl place,- -,and thethrottlelvalv'e is as gradually opened as it was closed by the-previous? operation Having thus fully described the nature', construction, and operation of my invention, Ilwis'h' tov secure by Letters Patent andr :cla'm;'

The receptacle-W,o1')e`ni inits' upper? alnd lower ends', as described, withg itsiio'at or pis"-l ltonl V below the water-line, in combi-nation? with* the valveBr i'n the'r cylinder P, andi connec'ting mechanism thereto;y as andl for the' j pu rpose" speciedi. l 2;- I'n combination-with tlieicylinder-Pfthev pump-cylinder a, its pipes c c', valves e e',

Now, when the piston Q andi its pedi Q'l pipes f j', and cutoi`s g g', for the operation In testimony that I claim the foregoing as of the throttlevalve K, as and for the purpose my own invention I have affixed my signature set forth and described. in presence of two Witnesses.

3. In combination with the pump-cylinder JOSEPH W. FOWLE. a and its pipes and valves or cut-OES, as de- Witnesses: scribed, the tank or receptacle d, as set forth, ALBAN ANDRN,

and for the purpose specified. WM. H. IRELAND. 

